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RYAN M.L. YOUNG/THISWEEKNEWSJules Angel, a Clintonville resident and professor at Ohio State University, creates signs from locally reclaimed wood for her business, Wood from the Hood, on Feb. 25. Sales of the signs, available at Weiland's Market or via Facebook, benefit the Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center.

Clintonville residents "heart" Clintonville. They even like its ZIP codes.

JOSHUA A. BICKEL/THISWEEKNEWSHarley Maxstead, 11, a sixth-grader at Rosemore Middle School, shows off her nails to her dad, James, after Eastland Career Center cosmetology student Taylor Moore, 17, of Groveport painted them during a career fair last Thursday, Feb. 26, at the center. Harley, an aspiring chef, was mostly concerned with the culinary program at the event, but explored some other options, too.

New Albany International Business Park

NiSource, a regulated energy company based in Indiana and the parent company of Columbia Gas, signed a 10-year lease for 43,000 square feet on the third floor of the Water’s Edge building on Walton Parkway in the New Albany International Business Park.

Delaware County

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Monday, March 2, that the Delaware County Board of Elections must reconsider a ballot initiative aimed at preventing the creation of a joint economic-development district in Berkshire Township.

Steve Hall always seemed to have a smile on his face and time for others.

Basketball

JOHN HULKENBERG/THISWEEKSPORTS Ready girls basketball coach Joe Lang is among some coaches who wonder if a "mercy rule" should be added in the second half of blowouts. "In that situation, you can't really win, and I'm not into demoralizing the other team," he said. "It's not fair to the kids."

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GARY SEMAN JR./THISWEEKNEWSAraceli Montano poses with two platters of food at Taqueria Guadalajara, 6140 Cleveland Ave. Montano owns the restaurant, which took over the old Jeddo Kabab space, with her brother, Alfredo, and other family members.

The recent passing of Joe Cocker touched his legion of fans worldwide, including Shadowbox Live founder/CEO/executive producer Stev Guyer, a longtime fan who, rumor has it, has performed the singer's tune in the past with his own special flair.

Darlings of America's Got Talent, the young musicians and dancers of the Willis Clan will return to Dublin for a Feb. 27 show at Dublin Scioto High School with the school's Irish Fiddle Fetish and the Otterbein University Orchestra. The concert is a fundraiser for the Scioto High School music program.